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UFC Welterweight prospect, Adlan Amagov, was set to fight Jason High next month at UFC Fight Night 35. Unfortunately, Amagov was injured in training, and forced to withdraw from the bout. Earlier this week rumors were circulating that
Amagov was contemplating retirement due to his religious beliefs. Earlier today, Amagov’s team, the Red Fury Fight Team, posted this on their Instagram:
Here is the translation via Google Translate:
With great regret to inform you that should Adlan Amagov retired fighter, any decision must be respected, Praise be to Allah that we have a brother who put in the first place religion, everyone should take a cue from him to each of us was such Iman !

The Nordic MMA Fight of 2013 goes to Alexander Gustafsson versus Jon Jones at UFC 165 in a bout that captured the MMA world’s attention. The first Nordic fighter to challenge for the UFC belt turned out to be one of the most memorable five
round wars ever. Recently, even the UFC acknowledged the greatness of the fight by ranking it #2 best fight, only behind the TUF Finale between Forrest Griffin versus Stephan Bonnar in the 20 years of the UFC’s existence.

The UFC’s new digital network won’t be officially unveiled by the promotion until later this week, with a full launch ready for the start of 2014.
But while the finer points of the details are still to be revealed, the network has a name: “UFC Fight Pass.” And it also has a price.
UFC Fight Pass will cost subscribers $9.99 per month, according to an official UFC website that went live on Sunday. Twitter user @rossfinkelstein tweeted out a screengrab of the site overnight.

Before orchestrating the two greatest upsets in UFC history, trainer Ray Longo cultivated success stories. The type of story he thrives being a part of but rarely touts.
Before Matt Serra and Chris Weidman registered those improbable championship knockouts, Lee Dolowich just tried to avoid vomiting in the ring...

An intriguing welterweight bout has apparently been added to UFC 171 on March 15th.
It appears that the UFC has added yet another welterweight fight to the UFC 171 card on March 15th in Dallas. The current top three bouts on the card are all at
170-pounds, and this most recent addition is pretty good as well. The news comes via NBC Sports Radio host Gator Choke. The UFC has not officially announced the bout as of yet.

UFC featherweight Cole Miller talks his appeal of UFC Fight Night 26, TRT, American Top Team, the changing face of MMA, rules, respect, sponsorships, paying dues, and the power of accepting the worst outcome

UFC heavyweight Shane del Rosario‘s death was due to natural causes, according to medical examiners.
A death certificate issued Wednesday by the Orange County (Calif.) coroner’s office said the 30-year-old fighter suffered brain damage from a lack of oxygen to the brain, an abnormal heart rhythm commonly associated with heart attacks and a congenital heart disorder.

Heavyweights should pull out their pen and paper because Ben Henderson plans to show the MMA community what a fast-paced 25-minute fight should look like when he takes on Josh Thomson at UFC on FOX 10 on Jan. 25, 2014.

Bantamweights Iuri Alcantara and Wilson Reis have agreed to square off at UFC Fight Night 36 on Feb. 15 in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil.
UFC officials announced the new bout on Thursday.
Reis (17-4) is a Bellator veteran that has been on a hot streak since exiting that promotion in 2011. He has reeled off five consecutive victories, including his Octagon debut. Reis won a unanimous decision victory over Ivan Menjivar at UFC 165 at September’s pay-per-view event in Toronto.